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can the pentagon survive budget cuts or are secretary panetta's worries on the mark? mort zuckerman. >> yes, i think they can survive it. they have a gigantic budget. they have to get their funds spent in the right priority. a lot of people feel we're going to have to cut costs out of virtually every department. we cannot ignore it. everybody comes one a case why we should spend money, and nobody comes one a case why we should raise the money to do it. we have to do something to get our budgets under control because otherwise this whole thing is going to explode. >> how does our military compare with mill fares around the world? >> we have about 1 million in the active owe. >> 1.2 million active -- 1.4 active duty, or something. but, john, if panetta is correct, why does the vice president the united states propose a different set of cuts for the same amount of money if it is going to savage the defense budget? he has not come forward with. that clearly this is a meat axe approach. it's not the right approach, but frankly it's the only way the republicans are going to
can the pentagon survive budget cuts or are secretary panetta's worries on the mark? mort zuckerman. >> yes, i think they can survive it. they have a gigantic budget. they have to get their funds spent in the right priority. a lot of people feel we're going to have to cut costs out of virtually every department. we cannot ignore it. everybody comes one a case why we should spend money, and nobody comes one a case why we should raise the money to do it. we have to do something to get our...
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think the government has trying to find ways to share the know-how the national security agency and the pentagon have with the private sector. the government has invested for a long time in cyber defenses. their defenses are much better than the defenses around the private sector. >> paul: everybody we talk to the u.s. government has a cyber command and they have done a good job to hearten their system but the private sector does not do nearly, as well. should we make this real priority in dealing with china? >> it has to be. because intellectual property is the property of the future. if the chinese are going to continue to steal it, we have to stop them. >> paul: thanks to you both. we have to take one more break. hits and misses of the week. th. [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. spending the day
think the government has trying to find ways to share the know-how the national security agency and the pentagon have with the private sector. the government has invested for a long time in cyber defenses. their defenses are much better than the defenses around the private sector. >> paul: everybody we talk to the u.s. government has a cyber command and they have done a good job to hearten their system but the private sector does not do nearly, as well. should we make this real priority...
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so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in general dynamics and so really what little argument we see in the congress is more about which corporations are going to get the big contracts in the years ahead your thoughts on the subject bruce gagne on corner coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space thank you for a thought on the subject thank you. massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain to this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it
so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in...
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so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in general dynamics and so really what little argument we see in the congress is more about which corporations are going to get the big contracts in the years ahead or i appreciate your thoughts on the subject bruce gagne on corner coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space thank you for a thought on the subject thank you. massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain to this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightenin
so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in...
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meanwhile in his last public appearance before retiring the pentagon chief leon panetta admitted he backed the plan of arming syrian rebels however the white house reportedly vetoed the idea russia has envoy to the un told r t that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria exclusive interviews coming your way in about two hours time but here is a quick preview. but the united states chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists are where we're active and that then original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will triumph was completely unrealistic but i mean do notice this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of enter influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly of the main source of weapons and support for for armed opposition so the fact they simply say that they themselves ar
meanwhile in his last public appearance before retiring the pentagon chief leon panetta admitted he backed the plan of arming syrian rebels however the white house reportedly vetoed the idea russia has envoy to the un told r t that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria exclusive interviews coming your way in about two hours time but here is a quick preview. but the united states chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did...
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meanwhile in his last public appearance before retiring the pentagon chief leon panetta admitted he backed the plan of arming syrian rebels however the white house reportedly vetoed the idea russia's envoy to the un told r.t. that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria vitaly churkin exclusive interviews coming your way in about two hours time but here is a quick preview but they are not as they chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists the we're we're we're active and the original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will triumph was completely unrealistic but i mean do notice this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of an influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly of the main source of weapons and support for for armed opposition so the fact they simply say that they
meanwhile in his last public appearance before retiring the pentagon chief leon panetta admitted he backed the plan of arming syrian rebels however the white house reportedly vetoed the idea russia's envoy to the un told r.t. that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria vitaly churkin exclusive interviews coming your way in about two hours time but here is a quick preview but they are not as they chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the...
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not only is virginia home to the pentagon, the largest navy base in norfolk, it's a hub for defense contractors, such as aircraft carrier builders, nondefense budget cuts would eliminate another 71,000-plus jobs in virginia. so, the impact over 200,000 jobs, second only to california. you can't want this automatic spending cut to go forward. >> you know, clearly, this is not, david, the best way to go about trying to control spending, and we have demonstrated in the house for two separate occasions. one of the bills that we put across the floor that passed i was a sponsor of for exactly that reason. these are indiscriminate cuts. we can do a lot better. and what i hope to be able to hear from the president in the state of the union is he wants to join us in trying to effect much smarter cuts in spending so we don't have to have -- >> but that's what he's saying. >> so we don't have to have the impact that you discussed. >> why not work with him on some short-term measure that he's talking about to delay this, try to find a different way to go about these cuts? >> the problem is, david, every ti
not only is virginia home to the pentagon, the largest navy base in norfolk, it's a hub for defense contractors, such as aircraft carrier builders, nondefense budget cuts would eliminate another 71,000-plus jobs in virginia. so, the impact over 200,000 jobs, second only to california. you can't want this automatic spending cut to go forward. >> you know, clearly, this is not, david, the best way to go about trying to control spending, and we have demonstrated in the house for two separate...
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you have republicans saying the pentagon budget can be cut without jeopardizing national security. not all of them. you have people like john mccain -- describe the fall but a lot of republicans, privately and publicly, saying that there is room to cut the -- >> as long as you don't -- as long as you hold harmless with everything that deals with troop readiness, that deals with troops on the front lines and military families but there's plenty of room in the procurement budgets, there's plenty of room for reforms and for -- >> i want to come to that in a second, but the problem will be, i think for the white house, broadly and for the country is the point that congressman ellison makes, you hit the sequester right now, that is goign to have a real economic impact right away. >> absolutely, absolutely, and i think you'll hear the president most likely talk about that on tuesday night, tuesday night. we can't have any more self-inflicted wounds on the economy. the economy is poised to take off. if we do the right things. having massive across-the-board cuts to some critical programs
you have republicans saying the pentagon budget can be cut without jeopardizing national security. not all of them. you have people like john mccain -- describe the fall but a lot of republicans, privately and publicly, saying that there is room to cut the -- >> as long as you don't -- as long as you hold harmless with everything that deals with troop readiness, that deals with troops on the front lines and military families but there's plenty of room in the procurement budgets, there's...
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not only is virginia home to the pentagon, the world's largest u.s. navy base, but a hub for major defense contractors such as aircraft builders. so the impact over 200,000 jobs, second only to california. you can't want this automatic spending cut to go forward. >> you know, clearly this is not, david, the best way to go about trying to chroontrol spending. and we have demonstrated in the house two separate occasions -- one of the bills we put across the floor and passed i was the sponsor of for that reason. these are indiscriminate cuts. we can do a lot better. what i hope to be able to hear from the president in the state of the union is he wants to join us in trying to effect much smarter cuts in spending. >> but that's what he's saying. >> we don't have to have the impact that you just described. >> why not work with him on short-term measure which he is talking about to delay this, find a different way to go about some of the cuts? >> the problem is, david, every time you turn around the answer is to raise taxes. and, you know, he just got his t
not only is virginia home to the pentagon, the world's largest u.s. navy base, but a hub for major defense contractors such as aircraft builders. so the impact over 200,000 jobs, second only to california. you can't want this automatic spending cut to go forward. >> you know, clearly this is not, david, the best way to go about trying to chroontrol spending. and we have demonstrated in the house two separate occasions -- one of the bills we put across the floor and passed i was the...
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he said he will hold up the nominations for the pentagon and cia unless the white house stops what he calls stone walling. i'm john roberts. hour number two of america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital starts right now. let's go to steve centanni who has been following the story of senator graham. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, john. talk this morning that there was talk on the is sunday talk shows that two important are nominations can be held up until the white house answers more questions about benghazi. during the attack in benghazi senator lindsey graham wants to know whether the president reached out personally to libyan leaders. he said the nomination of chuck hagel and john brennan could be side tracked until senators get the answers they want. while stopping short of supporting a filibuster graham has serious concerns about whether the president did enough to stop that attack that killed four americans. >> i do believe if he had picked up the phone, called the libyan government, these folks could have is gotten out of the airport to the annex and the last
he said he will hold up the nominations for the pentagon and cia unless the white house stops what he calls stone walling. i'm john roberts. hour number two of america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital starts right now. let's go to steve centanni who has been following the story of senator graham. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, john. talk this morning that there was talk on the is sunday talk shows that two important are nominations can be held up until the white...
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the pentagon now cutting the amount of persian gulf aircraft carriers from two to one and delaying the fueling to save money. >> and others are ramping up spending and senior fellow at the advanced studies, lt. colonel tony schaeffer joins us now. >> how are you. >> alisyn: doing well. three weeks from now, march 1st, if congress doesn't get its act together there are sweeping military cuts set to go in place and this, at the same time that we know that china and russia, in the face of two decades will outpace us with their military spending. what do you make of that? >> well, firstoff, we spend 40% of the world's budget on defense right now and i think what we have to do is fix our strategy first. one of the problems is, ali, we have had the same basic frame work since 1947 and 1947 with some adjustments in the 80's, we figure out the real threats. i always talk about the beginning with the end in mind and this is where we have an opportunity here, since we won the cold war, we're ending the wars in afghanistan and iraq, time to rethink how we focus what we do. we've noticed spending
the pentagon now cutting the amount of persian gulf aircraft carriers from two to one and delaying the fueling to save money. >> and others are ramping up spending and senior fellow at the advanced studies, lt. colonel tony schaeffer joins us now. >> how are you. >> alisyn: doing well. three weeks from now, march 1st, if congress doesn't get its act together there are sweeping military cuts set to go in place and this, at the same time that we know that china and russia, in...
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last friday was the official last day at the pentagon. the story, the republican save your it. a profile of marco rubio. how he became the new voice of the gop. he will be delivering the republican response to the state of the union address. he will do it in english and spanish. a statement issued by the office, he plans to outline how the republican agenda can help close the gap between dreams and opportunity. the first time we have had a bilingual response. this is from michael on the twitter page. the economy and jobs. the obama administration is concerned about his legacy. the democratic party at first, not much will happen. still, democrats live, from pennsylvania. >> good morning. what i believe is the financial dire straits we have been in since the last three administrations needs it fixed. what kills me is when this week and stop funding to this or that, but it is a drop in the bucket. you have to plug every little hole. if you cannot do that, you need a new bucket. to have an inaugural dinner and defeated the worthless people that could not do their jobs for four year
last friday was the official last day at the pentagon. the story, the republican save your it. a profile of marco rubio. how he became the new voice of the gop. he will be delivering the republican response to the state of the union address. he will do it in english and spanish. a statement issued by the office, he plans to outline how the republican agenda can help close the gap between dreams and opportunity. the first time we have had a bilingual response. this is from michael on the twitter...